How do I get the header height of a Listview

Question

Can somebody tell me how to get the header height of a ListView.

Answer 1

Here's how to get the listview header height using Win32 Interop calls.

[Serializable, StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct RECT 
{
    public int Left;
    public int Top;
    public int Right;
    public int Bottom;
}

const long LVM_FIRST = 0x1000;
const long LVM_GETHEADER = (LVM_FIRST + 31);

[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="SendMessage")]
private static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hwnd, long wMsg, long wParam, long lParam);

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
private static extern bool GetWindowRect(HandleRef hwnd, out RECT lpRect);

RECT rc = new RECT();
IntPtr hwnd = SendMessage(ListView1.Handle, LVM_GETHEADER, 0, 0);
if (hwnd != null) 
{
    if (GetWindowRect(new HandleRef(null, hwnd), out rc)) 
    {
        int headerHeight = rc.Bottom - rc.Top;
    }
}